Open
Subtitle: how Compaq ended IBM's PC domination and helped invent modern computing
By: Rod Canion.
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dallas, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781937856991
Description: An account of the founding of Compaq reveals the absence of software standardization that challenged the fledgling company and the series of risky decisions that directly influenced the establishment of an open PC standard marketplace.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An Unlikely Beginning; title: The Road Less Traveled; title: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense; title: Opportunity Knocks; title: IBM Fires the First Shot; title: Back at You, IBM; title: Patience Pays Off; title: You're Going to Do What?!; title: The "Death Star" Arrives; title: Compaq's Most Unexpected Decision; title: Compaq Leads the Revolt; title: Intel Begins to Drift; title: Exceeding Expectations; title: The Open Industry Standard Wins